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#18 on the Top Sketch Websites!

Posted on January 26, 2017 by dkatiepowellart

Top 50 Sketch Websites & Blogs For Sketchers & Artists Woot! I made #18 on the top sketch blogs for sketchers! I am not usually interested in awards but this is comparing me with some people who I think are … Continue reading →

Posted in class, creativity, drawing, memory, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, watercolor, writing | Tagged art, art classes, journal, journaling, sketching | 29 Comments

Gratitude Journal: Rings, Cherished Blogfest 2016

Posted on July 30, 2016 by dkatiepowellart

I’ve been married twice. My first husband died. You know how you don’t know what you don’t know until you experience it? I didn’t know how unconnected I was in my first marriage. I had doubts about getting married; everyone … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal, challenge, journal, memory, painting, pen & ink, watercolor | Tagged #CBF16, #cherishedblogfest, #WorldWatercolorMonth, Daniel Smith watercolors, engagement rings, gratitude, Holbein, intimacy, journal, lover, marriage, memory, Moleskin Watercolor journal, pen & ink, Platinum Carbon pen, sketchbook, watercolor, watercolor art journal, wedding rings | 40 Comments

Gratitude: My Red Bike at the Haskell Street Barn

Posted on July 13, 2016 by dkatiepowellart

*alert: vampire child face, oops* I had a good childhood, raised by a single mom with an alcoholic dad who skipped, and three much older brothers who loved me dearly. I am GRATEFUL because I wasn’t around JD (what they … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal, challenge, journal, memory, pen & ink, portrait, series, virtual sketching, watercolor | Tagged #WorldWatercolorMonth, apricot, babysitter, bike, Daniel Smith watercolors, Encino California, George Puttnam, ghosts, gratitude, Haskell Ave, Holbein, journal, memory, Moleskin Watercolor journal, pen & ink, Platinum Carbon pen, red barn, red bike, selfie, sketchbook, the Haunting, watercolor, watercolor art journal | 18 Comments

Electric Pencil: A Sketchbook from an Asylum

Posted on March 28, 2016 by dkatiepowellart

It speaks for itself, fascinating. From this posting: http://www.electricpencildrawings.com/EPrevealed-english.html I love this kind of thing….

Posted in journal, sketchbook | Tagged history, journal, Missouri, storytelling | 6 Comments

Organic Fudge: From my other blog!

Posted on January 8, 2016 by dkatiepowellart

Posted first on my other blog, katwritesfood. I stopped making fudge at Christmas because we stopped eating anything with GMOs, and so many recipes for things like fudge were full of very nasty things. But I discovered organic Sweetened Condensed … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal, challenge, drawing, painting, pen & ink, recipe, sketchbook, watercolor | Tagged Aquabee Super Deluxe Journal, art journal, bittersweet, chocolate, creme de cocoa, Daniel Smith watercolors, fudge, gluten-free, Holbein, holiday gifts, journal, kahlua, katwritesfood, non-GMO, organic, Primatek, QoR watercolors, semi-sweet, Sennelier, sweetened condensed milk, walnuts, watercolor | 5 Comments

IFJM 15: Horses and Bulls and Flamingos, Oh My!

Posted on April 16, 2015 by dkatiepowellart

15 April “Gardian House Carmargue Region” From my journal: “Maybe it’s France. We’ve had a shift in travel schedules . . . languid! Took time for our lovemaking, and then a heavenly very French breakfast and favorite breakfast. . . … Continue reading →

Posted in animals, architecture, art journal, drawing, graphite, journal, painting, pen & ink, pencil, sketchbook, watercolor | Tagged Arles, art journal, bull, Carmargue, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Fake Journal, flamingo, France, Gardian, Holbein, International Fake Journal Month, journal, Moleskin Watercolor journal, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Platinum Carbon pen, Platinum Preppy pen, Primatek, QoR watercolors, Roma Gypsy, Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, sketching, Super5 ink, watercolor | 16 Comments

IFJM 8: Bologna to Parma

Posted on April 9, 2015 by dkatiepowellart

8 April 2015 “Anytime you get clear about what you mission is or what your focus wants to be, things start to come together in your life.” Eve Ensler “Santa Croce, the Basilica on the Piazza. Home to the bones … Continue reading →

Posted in architecture, art journal, drawing, journal, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, watercolor | Tagged art journal, Bologna, Charles Moore, Daniel Smith watercolors, Fake Journal, Florence, International Fake Journal Month, journal, Moleskin Watercolor journal, Noodlers ink, Parma, Pierre Koenig, Platinum Preppy pen, Polar Brown Noodlers ink, Primatek, Santa Croce, Santuary of the Madonna di San Luca, watercolor | 8 Comments

Garuda with Washes, The First

Posted on February 12, 2015 by dkatiepowellart

I continue to work the various levels in washes, learning as I go. I worked with one of Mitchell’s favorite statues (right) which has a lovely history, which I will tell you all about in one of these posts when … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal, Buddha, drawing, gods and goddesses, painting, sketchbook, watercolor | Tagged art journal, buddhist, Garuda, journal, lord vishnu, Platinum Carbon pen, Strathmore journal, vedic, washes, watercolor | 1 Comment

USk: Kiva Tearoom, NW Portland

Posted on February 8, 2015 by dkatiepowellart

I braved another day of sketching with the intention to sketch people in a crowded place. There were few people in today — what? — Saturday in Portland? This post is a big deal for me because I am posting … Continue reading →

Posted in architecture, art journal, journal, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, urban sketchers, watercolor | Tagged Alphabet District Portland, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, Delta journal, journal, KIVA tearoom, NW Industrial Sanctuary Portland, NW Portland, Platinum Carbon pen, Portland Oregon, QoR watercolors, Strathmore journal, urban sketchers, Urban Sketchers Portland, USk, watercolor | 7 Comments

Recipe Watercolor: Chicken Curry

Posted on December 31, 2014 by dkatiepowellart

I’ve been so busy I haven’t sketched recipes in a long time! During the holiday I made this leftover dish and enjoyed the curry colors! Yummy recipe using leftovers posted on Katwritesfood! Soon I will post my first lesson on … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal, painting, recipe, sketchbook, watercolor | Tagged Aquabee Super Deluxe Journal, art journal, chicken, Daniel Smith watercolors, Holbein, journal, Polar Brown Noodlers ink, Portland Oregon, Primatek, QoR watercolors, Sennelier, watercolor | 9 Comments

Emotional Moonth Art Journal(Reposting)

Posted on December 27, 2014 by dkatiepowellart

This is one of the older posts from my other blog that I wanted here on D.Katie Powell Art. It was a pivotal moment regarding various choices to teach in cyberspace. It happened in November, and so is a bit … Continue reading →

Posted in art, art journal, Booby Gurl, journal, loss, memory, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, watercolor | Tagged Aquabee Super Deluxe Journal, art journal, Booby Gurl, Daniel Smith watercolors, Holbein, hurt feelings, journal, Portland Oregon, QoR watercolors, Sennelier, watercolor | 2 Comments

Watercolor Pencils, Ho-Hum

Posted on November 17, 2014 by dkatiepowellart

I was challenged to use a tool I have but am not fond of for a week, and to figure out why I never reach for it; mine was watercolor pencils. I have a mess of them that I bought … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal, color, drawing, painting, pencil, sketchbook, waterbrush, watercolor | Tagged Caran D'Ache, journal, Neocolor II, sketching, watercolor pencils | 6 Comments

Mug of Hope: Mix-it Monthly Challenge

Posted on May 3, 2014 by dkatiepowellart

Pia Rom’s prompt this month for her challenge grabbed me immediately, though the colors for this month are not me at all! We collect coffee mugs! Mitchell and I have names for them — Our Happy Mug (white roosters stamped … Continue reading →

Posted in art, challenge, creativity, drawing, india ink, journal, painting, shellac, sketchbook, writing | Tagged Blue Sky Pottery, coffee, cup, cuppa joe, Deb Babcock, journal, Mix-it Monthly, morning, poetry | 15 Comments

In the Garden: Memory

Posted on April 13, 2014 by dkatiepowellart

(I can see the difference in my second nasturtium, much looser. . . and I like this background.) I was feeling blue. I was also so disappointed because Daniel Smith did not get my paints to me for our time … Continue reading →

Posted in art, color, drawing, journal, memory, painting, watercolor | Tagged art journal, frogs, garden, husband, journal, nasturtiums | 2 Comments

J is for Art Journal: A-to-Z Challenge

Posted on April 11, 2014 by dkatiepowellart

I had to make a change. Running and working in our business means I don’t have the time to set up for painting at an easel and painting with acrylics, which in my case means canvases and 4 oz tubs … Continue reading →